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Shrewsbury International School Bangkok (City) Review

The elite UK boarding school will open its second international school in central Bangkok in 2018, and this new primary school will offer a very British education and a guaranteed place at Shrewsbury Bangkok’s senior school.
At a glance
School phase
Primary
Inspection rating
No rating
Curricula taught
Availability 2022/23
Availability 2023/24
Annual fee average
THB 323,500
Annual fees
THB 233,300–622,800
Price band help
Mid-range
Status
Open
Opening year
2018
School year
Aug to Jul
Principal
Chris Seal
Main teacher nationality
United Kingdom

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2km • Progressive U.S. curriculum
2.7km • Common Core curriculum
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Shrewsbury International School Bangkok (City)

Shrewsbury International School Bangkok (City) Review

School phase
Primary
Inspection rating
No rating
Curricula taught
Availability 2022/23
Availability 2023/24
Annual fee average
THB 323,500
Annual fees
THB 233,300–622,800
Price band help
Mid-range
Status
Open
Opening year
2018
School year
Aug to Jul
Principal
Chris Seal
Main teacher nationality
United Kingdom
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The elite UK boarding school will open its second international school in central Bangkok in 2018, and this new primary school will offer a very British education and a guaranteed place at Shrewsbury Bangkok’s senior school.

The Shrewsbury brand of education continued its Thailand journey with the opening of a new primary school in Bangkok in August 2018. This new City campus offers a very British-style of teaching to children of all nationalities, from Year 1 through to 6.

The school offers 640 places with four forms in each of its six year groups. All students graduating from Year 6 (aged 11) at the City campus will be guaranteed a place at the senior school on Shrewsbury Bangkok’s Riverside campus in Charoenkrung Road, just a 20-minute drive away. The founding head will be Amanda Dennison, who has worked as head teacher of the junior school at Shrewsbury Bangkok’s Riverside campus for the past seven years. Several teachers are also moving from the Riverside campus to work at this new school.

The curriculum
Shrewsbury Bangkok follows the National Curriculum for England throughout its new primary school, and the majority of lessons are taught in mixed ability classes. The overall teacher to student ratio at its Riverside campus is 10:1, so there are hopes that this low ratio are mirrored here.

An education at Shrewsbury does not deviate largely from the model at Shrewsbury School in England, although there are some international adjustments, and the focus of the curriculum shifts as students progress throughout the years.

As the school says,

"...play-based active learning and discovery gradually leads on to more complex and specialist subject matter…"  

From Years 1 to 6, the classroom teacher takes lessons in English, maths, science, geography, history, PSHE (Personal, Social Health, and Economic Education), design technology, and digital literacy. As part of the Key Stage 1 and 2 curriculum, there are specialist classes in languages (Thai, Mandarin, French, Japanese, and Spanish) and PE (including swimming), as well as music, drama, and art in Years 3 – 6.

The campus
What can you expect from the campus? Well, it’s a purpose built primary school, located in the heart of Bangkok in the Huai Khwang district. The school features “brand new, age-specific facilities and learning environments with the latest technologies and learning resources; all designed specifically for primary school children.”

Admission and fees
Shrewsbury is a selective school, and the application process is designed to ensure that students will “thrive in our ambitious and academically challenging environment”.

The school has not released fees yet for its new City campus, but we would expect it to match the fees charged at Riverside, which start from THB 653,400 for Year 1.

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